CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: THE FRANKLY FABULOUS FANTASTIC FOUR COVER GALLERY...

Saturday, 14 March 2015

THE FRANKLY FABULOUS FANTASTIC FOUR COVER GALLERY...

All images copyright MARVEL COMICS

These are a bundle of comics that have been lying around in

my room for years, having become separated from my other FFs at

some stage, for reasons unknown or forgotten. The first eight covers

are by Big JOHN BUSCEMA, and the second eight by Rampagin'

RON FRENZ. I purchased most of them when I lived in my previous

home, and the last two or three in my present one, but they've been in

the same pile for so long that I associate all of them with my former

abode. None of that is of any interest to you, I'm sure, but I feel

moved to share it with you anyway - unselfish of me or what?

Right, you've got sixteen covers to work through, so what

are you waiting for - a gilt-edged invitation from STAN LEE?

Go to it, Melvin!

6 comments:

John Pitt said...: I didn't have any of these and if I'd seem them I would have bought them.; 14 March 2015 at 22:16
Kid said...: I did see them and I did buy them, JP. Who's a clever boy?; 15 March 2015 at 02:01
Dave S said...: Strange era for the FF- the brief Stern/Buscema run was nice but unspectacular, and I think I might be in a minority of quite liking the pineapple Thing and the new lineup.; 15 March 2015 at 10:56
Kid said...: That's a fairly safe bet. DD. Personally, I thought the pineapple Thing looked dreadful. I prefer the 'dinosaur hide' Thing from FF #1. Get any good comics at yesterday's Mart?; 15 March 2015 at 11:16
Dave S said...: Got some 80s Marvels for 50p each, including some nice Moon Knight stuff, but my best find was a stack of Ms Tree comics. I saw some Alan Class comics at £1 each that I wish I'd got now!

Not a bad mart, not as big as the huge ones I remember at the City Halls in the mid-90s, but still a few bargains to be had and lots of nice people around.; 15 March 2015 at 13:15
Kid said...: I really must acquire some more Alan Class comics myself, DD. £1 each is very reasonable if they were in good nick.; 16 March 2015 at 01:00

About the artist:

From 1985 to 2000 A.D. (little joke there), I contributed to a variety of high profile comics and magazines for various companies.

For IPC/FLEETWAY/EGMONT, I freelanced as a lettering and logo artist on various weekly comics and monthly magazines, and also as a resize comic artist and spot illustrator on pocket books, summer specials and annuals.

For MARVEL U.K., BLACK LIBRARY, REDAN and USBORNE BOOKS, I again freelanced as a lettering artist, also working as a restoration artist for MARVEL U.S., restoring and re-creating certain pages of JACK KIRBY art for their MARVEL MASTERWORKS editions.

I also lettered the MARVELMAN sample pages submitted to MARVEL U.S. when they were considering acquiring the character, which - as we all now know - they DID.

Supplied comic strips, cartoons and illustrated advertisements for local business campaigns and newspaper publication on a professional basis since the age of 16. Did my first paid art job for publication at 14 or 15 for Lanarkshire Education Board.

Have also made TV appearances as a collector of memorabilia.

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Just some of the titles I worked on are:

2000 A.D. * JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE * DICEMAN * SONIC The COMIC * JUDGE DREDD, LAWMAN Of The FUTURE * CRISIS * REVOLVER * EAGLE * TIGER * BATTLE ACTION-FORCE * BUSTER * WHIZZER & CHIPS * WHOOPEE * NIPPER * SCHOOL FUN * ACE VENTURA, PET DETECTIVE * The REAL GHOSTBUSTERS * DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE * COUNT DUCKULA * RUGRATS * The TRANSFORMERS * DEATH'S HEAD * THUNDERCATS * GALAXY RANGERS * DRAGON'S CLAWS * SINDY * MARVEL MASTERWORKS * The TROLLS * LOADED * INFERNO * WARHAMMER * ROSE BLACK.

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